Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #23 - Dimension

It's time for another challenge over at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge. Our theme this month is "Dimension." Just create a project that has some dimension. Our guest designer is the fabulous Wendy Vecchi!! She's made a gorgeous inspiration piece. Our sponsor is Stampers Anonymous. We will have TWO random winners and they will each receive a Wendy Vecchi stamp set and stencil!! How awesome is that?

 I had so much fun playing with all my Wendy Vecchi products. I ended up making 8 pages filling up one of Wendy's Mini Mat Fat Little Books. Here is one page in the book. I will share the other pages throughout the month. 

For this page I created the background using Tim Holtz Crayons and a Bret Weldle stencil. 

To create the flower I stamped a Wendy Stamp from a set called Sketch Art on her Whiteout paper. I used Ranger Archival Ink to stamp the flower and Wendy Vecchi Archival inks in Tiger Lily and Orange Blossom to color in the flower. 

I used a heat gun to heat up the flower and bend the petals - that's the cool part about her Whiteout (and Blackout) papers. The center of the flower, the heart, and the leaves are Wendy art parts. To color the leaves I painted them with white Gesso and then added Wendy Vecchi Archival ink in Pink Peony and Ranger Archival ink in Rose Madder. Then I stamped on the leaves with a Wendy background stamp. The fence on the bottom is a Wendy Stencil and I used Wendy's Embossing Paste colored with Tim Holtz Wilted Violet Distress Spray Stain. The sentiment are words from Tim Holtz Chit Chat. 

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Love Knots Mini Card Set

Happy Wednesday! Today I've used the Gel-a-tins stamp Love Knots again. This time I made 4 cute and fun mini cards with matching ribbon and ink. The sentiment is from the Gel-a-tin stamp set called Merci. For more info check out the Gel-a-tins Blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Antique Car Father's Day Car

I made this card for my dad because he really loves antique cars. I wanted to keep it simple so I just used black ink and accents. Sometimes less is more. I know my dad will like it!

Materials

Card stock - Crumb Cake, Black (Stampin' Up)

Dye Ink - Black (Stampin' Up)

Stamp Sets - Going, Celebrate Everyday and Envelope Background (Hero Arts)

Pearls - Black (Prima Marketing)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock - finished size 4.25 x 5.5

2. Stamp background on front of card

3. Cut black paper 3 x 3.5 and crumb cake 5 x 2.5

4. Stamp car and adhere panels together and adhere to card

5. Add black pearls

6. Stamp sentiment under panel

Framed Hello!!

This is a cute whimsical card I made when I first got this great background dot stamp. I just framed the scene and hung it on the card. I guess it's crooked because someone probably shut the door too hard!

Materials
1. Card stock - confetti white, elegant eggplant (Stampin' Up)
2. Ink - melon mambo, garden green, elegant eggplant (Stampin' Up)
3. Stamp Sets - Whimsical Houses (Hero Arts) Background is Life of the Party Dots (Hero Arts) Hello Again, Funky Four (Stampin' Up)
4. Die - Nestabilities Labels 8
5. Texture Plate - Distress (Stampin' Up)
6. Ribbon - A.C. Moore
7. Shimmer Brad - Black (Stampin' Up)
8. Twine - Charcoal/White (The Twinery)


Instructions
1. Create card from confetti white card stock and stamp with background dots stamp
2. Create 2 sizes of label 8 dies - the larger one in purple, the smaller on in confetti white
3. Stamp scene on white label, color and adhere to larger label
4. Attach brad to middle of card 
5. Adhere twine to back of label and adhere label to card
6. Adhere ribbon to card

Shining Lamps

I did this card for the Hero Arts Flickr March Challenge. This one falls into the layered background category. I used distress inks and my new favorite backgrounds stamp - Life of the Party Dots. This is just a simple card that was fun to make. 

Materials
Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin' Up)
Stamp Set - Decorative Lamps (Hero Arts), Lunar Light (Lawn Fawn)
Ink - Basic Gray, Black (Stampin' Up)
Distress Inks - Milled Lavender, Antique Linen, Dusty Concord (Tim Holtz)
Tools - Martha Stewart Paper snips, sponges, foam tape


Instructions
1. Create card from card stock - final size it 4.25 x 5.5
2. Sponge Milled Lavender distress ink on the bottom of the card
3. Sponge Antique Linen distress ink in the middle and Dusty Concord distress ink on the top part of the card
4. After I sponged on all three colors I went back with the Antique Linen  and tried to blend them together more
5. Stamp background in basic gray
6. Stamp lamps and sentiment in black and cut out with paper snips
7. Adhere to card with foam tape

Merci

This card was inspired by the cute pink & brown ribbon I got this week from Jaclyn Miller. It was blog candy I won from her blog. Here is a link to her blog where you can see her lovely creations. I was also inspired by my new Paris stamps & thought these would go together nicely.

Materials

Card stock: Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Confetti White (Stampin' Up)

Dye Ink: Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)

Stamp Set: Paris, Life of the Party Dots Background (Hero Arts)

Ribbon: Hot Pink Gingham Stripe (Bazzill Basics)

Die: Deckled Edge Oval (Spellbinders Nestabilities)

Punch: Scallop Trim Border (Stampin' Up)

Instructions:

1. Create card from chocolate chip cards stock - final size 4.25 x 5.5 inches

2. Cut rose red rectangle 3.75 x 5 inches 

3. Stamp dots background (which btw I LOVE)

4. Punch the border on the bottom of the pink panel

5. Create the oval and stamp the images in it with Chocolate Chip ink, then ink the edges

6. Adhere oval to card pink panel

7. Tie ribbon around pink panel and adhere to card